Current Events > NBA fans who do you consider the greatest physical athlete in NBA history?

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Prime LeBron? Esp. when factoring in that they were like larger or taller athletes.

I might go prime Dwight Howard or Alonzo Mourning.

I'm gonna go with Prime LeBron.

imagine606 posted...

I might go prime Dwight Howard or Alonzo Mourning.

Really? Mourning? Iirc didn't have great hops, vertical.

Its probably Wilt. LeBron is way up on that list, but Wilt was on a level of his own.

Wilt, easily

The_Popo posted...

Its probably Wilt. LeBron is way up on that list, but Wilt was on a level of his own.

What do you think of mourning, athletecism? Imo cwebb was a better player than mourning overall though. Better hops too. I was a huge fab five fan.

Luka

I can't help but wonder if this thread is the result of Bron fans not liking the fact that more people considered Ohtani a better athelete in baseball compared to Lebron in basketball in a recent thread.
And the correct answer will always be Wilt Chamberlin.

Vlade Divac.

I guess prime shaq maybe

No love for Hakeem?

John Stockton for his entire career he only missed 22 games and played for 19 seasons and was always in the starting line up until he retired. Has the record for most assists and steals by a lot.

Larry Legend.

Boris Diaw

Prime Shaq , Robinson, or Kemp

I give it to Wilt. He was an athletic freak at a time where modern medicine and fitness/training techniques werent as advanced as they are today. But what gets him the top spot for me was his ability to be able to consistently play nearly the entire game in an era where the pace was extremely fast.

Some honorable mentions: LeBron, Giannis, Westbrook, Dwight Howard, Vince, David Robinson, Kemp, Shaq (specifically when he played for Orlando, as he was pretty fast for a 280 lb guy or however much he weighed during those years), MJ.

As a pure athlete it has to be LeBron, he's a psychical freak

Karl Malone says Karl Malone.

Karl Malone even has Karl Malones own workout tapes, called Karl Malones Butt N Gut.

It's Wilt.

garan posted...

It's Wilt.

The man was 7ft 1in, 275lbs
His vertical was 46-48 inches
Long jump was 22 ft and Shot put 53 ft 4in in High School
In 1960 the NBA banned free throw dunking cause of Wilt

Here's an insane photo to put everything into perspective

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/02107ed0.jpg

Wilt was probably the greatest athlete of all time in any sport, at least in modern history

Shamino posted...

The man was 7ft 1in, 275lbs

LeBron himself was like 260 at his athletic peak and had similar ups

https://youtu.be/3-kolNcY53s?si=MaBm_dPiv_J0fu5J

IMNOTRAGED posted...

LeBron himself was like 260 at his athletic peak and had similar ups

Yeah, but Wilt was benching like 500+. He had the speed, the leaping, and the power. Not saying LeBron isnt elite in all regards, but just that Wilt was a different type of monster.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Dwc6xBkhe_s?si=o1jMRVKnp6ZTpb1b

I gotta go with LeBron but I came ITT to give honorable mentions to

Srk700 posted...

David Robinson, Kemp

SGA guy is built like an Olympic track Gumby.

Peja

Wilt without doubt

Could LeBron do this?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0573a085.jpg

Shaq by far.

Fun Bill Russell fact: he would have qualified for the high jump for the 1956 Olympics but had to turn it down because in that era they weren't allowed to compete in two different sports.